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Pte Hunt, 3 PARA has a trim – clippers powered from street lamp, Ismailia, 25/1/52.
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Pte Hunt, 3 PARA has a trim – clippers powered from street lamp, Ismailia, 25/1/52.

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Pile of captured Argentinian weapons outside settlement of Goose Green.
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Pile of captured Argentinian weapons outside settlement of Goose Green.

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Paratrooper with General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), Falklands, 1982
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Pte 'Kev' Eaton, 6 Platoon 3 PARA with General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), Mount Vernon, Falklands, 1982.

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Paratroopers of A Company, 3 PARA move in to take the airport centre of El Gamil airfield while other men are still descending.
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Paratroopers of A Company, 3 PARA move in to take the airport centre of El Gamil airfield while other men are still descending.

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Parachute jumping instructors recently arrived from Ringway in tropical helmets that were soon disregarded by all troops.

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Whitley aircraft, Tatton Park, Manchester, 1941-43.
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Paratroopers descend from Whitley aircraft, possibly Tatton Park, Manchester, 1941-43.

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Parachute troops in air after a training jump.
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Parachute troops in air after a training jump, Tatton Park, 9 Jan 1941

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Parachute training using a barrage balloon at Ringway. This method of training was still used into the 1990s.
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Parachute training using a barrage balloon at Ringway. This method of training was still used into the 1990s.

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Parachute training descent at Tatton Park. The instructor offers advice from the ground.
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Parachute training descent with kitbags at Tatton Park, April 1944

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Possibly the first training fatality from parachute failing to open (centre left).
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Possibly the first training fatality from a parachute failing to open (centre left).

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